Wooden dome in the Beijing Summer Palace
The importance attributed to the roof as opposed to the subordinate role ofthe surrounding walls underlines how even Chinese architecture respects the duality of Yin and Yang, in this …
Category: China
Fujian
Area: 121,380sq.km/46,865sq. miles Population: 30,790,000. Capital: Fuzhou Fujian province lies on the south-east coast of China, between 115°50′ and Situation 120°47’E and 23°30′ and 28°19’N. It is separated from …
Changbaishan Map
The nature reserve of Changbaishan is the largest such area in China, covering 220,000ha/850sq. miles. It begins 250km/155 miles south-east of Jilin and extends to the Korean border. It …
Xinjiang Map
Area: 1,650,OOOsq.km/637,OOOsq. miles Population: 15,550,000. Capital: Urumqi Xinjiang is the largest of China’s autonomous regions and provinces and covers one-sixth of the total area of the country. It lies …
Kashgar Map
Autonomous region of Xinjiang Altitude: 1289m/4229ft. Population: 100,000 (conurbation 300,000) The oasis town of Kashgar (also Kaxgar, Chin. Kashi) lies on the old Silk Road in the west of …
Southeast asia travel route map
Chinese intellectual and spiritual history-the reason why this period is also known as that of the Hundred Schools. As well as the theoretical ethical philosophy of Confucius (see Famous …
Chinese travel new york
Mount Wutaishan is one of the four mountains which are holy to Buddhists, theotherthree being Putuoshan in Zhejiang province, Jiuhuashan in Anhui province and Emeishan in Sichuan province. The …
Sights outside Beijing centre
The Temple of Heaven, dating back to 1420 (open: 8am-6.30pm) in the south of the city, incorporates a group of sacred buildings surrounded by lush vegetation. With its southern …
Celebrations of China
In the eyes ofthe Chinese, a new-born baby is already almost a year old as the months of pregnancy are included in the calculation of age. A birthday is …
Hong Kong
What is the secret of this sudden and enormous growth in population and trading importance, of a barren rock? This must be among the first questions of a stranger. …